Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (scrape, cut).

Verb

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քերեմ (kʻerem)

  1. to scrape, to scratch, to grate, to graze, to rasp, to plane, to polish
    քերել առkʻerel aṙto graze, to touch slightly
    քերել առ ափամբքkʻerel aṙ apʻambkʻto skirt, to coast along, to keep close to the shore
    քերել զափամբքkʻerel zapʻambkʻto go terra a terra, to sail along the coast
  2. to erase, to scratch out
  3. to rub the skin off, to excoriate, to flay, to lacerate, to torture
  4. to take away, to remove, to annul
    զամօթն ի բաց քերելzamōtʻn i bacʻ kʻerelto lay aside all sense of shame
  5. to engrave, to inscribe, to write

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: քերել (kʻerel)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քերեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 11
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քերեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy